Title: Poetry in Translation – Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus
Location: London, England
Description: Martyn Crucefix will read from and talk about his new translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus.
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Date: November 28, 2012
Midwest Poet Series reading by Les Murray
Title: Midwest Poet Series reading by Les Murray
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, US
Description: New Letters quarterly and its audio companion, New Letters on the Air, are part of a national literary tradition that serves readers and writers across the world. Started as a publication of the private University of Kansas City in 1934, New Letters continues to seek the best new writing, whether from established writers or from those just ready to be discovered; and it will support those writers, readers and, yes, listeners, who want to experience the joy of writing that both surprises and inspires us all. Part of that tradition includes promoting readings and related events in Kansas city and outlying regions in Missouri and Kansas.
The Midwest Poets Series presents Les Murray, Australia’s leading poet and one of the greatest contemporary poets writing in English. His work has been published in 10 languages. Murray will read at Mabee Theater, Sedgwick Hall, Rockhurst University, 54th Street and Troost, Kansas City, Mo. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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Date: April 11, 2013
Dean Young writing master class and reading at University of Missouri – Kansas City
Title: Dean Young writing master class and reading at University of Missouri – Kansas City
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, US
Description: New Letters quarterly and its audio companion, New Letters on the Air, are part of a national literary tradition that serves readers and writers across the world. Started as a publication of the private University of Kansas City in 1934, New Letters continues to seek the best new writing, whether from established writers or from those just ready to be discovered; and it will support those writers, readers and, yes, listeners, who want to experience the joy of writing that both surprises and inspires us all. Part of that tradition includes promoting readings and related events in Kansas city and outlying regions in Missouri and Kansas.
Poet and 2013 Cockefair Chair writer-in-residence, Dean Young, will hold a master class on writing, Sunday, 2-5 p.m., room 104 Cockefair Hall, UMKC; and he will conduct a public interview with faculty and a reading Monday, 6:00 p.m., Plaza branch of the Kansas City, Mo., public library. These events are produced and directed by the UMKC English Department’s M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, cosponsored by the Writers at Work Series and the Kansas City Public Library. Financial support comes from the Cockefair Chair in Continuing Education.
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Start Date: February 24, 2013
End Date: February 26, 2013
Midwest Poet Series reading by Mark Doty
Title: Midwest Poet Series reading by Mark Doty
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, US
Description: New Letters quarterly and its audio companion, New Letters on the Air, are part of a national literary tradition that serves readers and writers across the world. Started as a publication of the private University of Kansas City in 1934, New Letters continues to seek the best new writing, whether from established writers or from those just ready to be discovered; and it will support those writers, readers and, yes, listeners, who want to experience the joy of writing that both surprises and inspires us all. Part of that tradition includes promoting readings and related events in Kansas city and outlying regions in Missouri and Kansas.
Mark Doty reads as part of the Midwest Poets Series. Mark Doty’s eight books include Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. Doty reads at Mabee Theater, Sedgwick Hall, Rockhurst University, 54th Street and Troost, Kansas City, Mo. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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Date: January 31, 2013
Canadian Authors Association Awards for Adult Literature submission deadline
Title: Canadian Authors Association Awards for Adult Literature submission deadline
Location: Canada
Description: The Canadian Authors Association (CAA) is a national organization with a local presence dedicated to promoting a flourishing community of writers across Canada and to encourage works of literary and artistic merit.
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Date: January 15, 2013
Nature and Poetry: A Conversation with E. O. Wilson and Robert Hass
Title: Nature and Poetry: A Conversation with E. O. Wilson and Robert Hass
Location: New York, New York, US
Description: Theodore Roosevelt’s passion for the natural world extended to a love of nature writing and photography. U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass and noted biologist E. O. Wilson will come together at the American Museum of Natural History for a rich discussion of nature in poetry and poetry in nature, exploring the intersection of art and science and the surprising ways each inspires the other.
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Date: December 6, 2012
Michael Symmons Roberts reads at Durham University
Title: Michael Symmons Roberts reads at Durham University
Location: Durham, United Kingdom
Description: Michael Symmons Roberts will be reading from his poetry, and (with Professor David Fuller) discussing issues related to religion and beauty, the body in sacred and secular aspects, and, on the basis of his particular interest in genomics, the relations of poetry and science.
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Date: November 28, 2012
Jeramy Dodds reads at the University of Windsor
Title: Jeramy Dodds reads at the University of Windsor
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Description: Trillium Book Award winning and Griffin Poetry Prize shortlisted poet Jeramy Dodds will read his poetry at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, November 27th in the Oak Room of Vanier Hall at the University of Windsor.
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Date: November 27, 2012
Anne Carson receives honorary degree from the University of Toronto
Title: Anne Carson receives honorary degree from the University of Toronto
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Description: This year, the University of Toronto’s fall Convocation includes eight ceremonies, for undergraduate and graduate students from all three campuses, including the first-ever graduating class of the Faculty of Law’s Global Professional LLM program. It also includes the conferral of honorary degrees, to Vandana Shiva on Nov. 12 and to Anne Carson on Nov. 16.
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Date: November 16, 2012
The League of Canadian Poets 2013 Honorary Membership nominations deadline
Title: The League of Canadian Poets 2013 Honorary Membership nominations deadline
Description: The League of Canadian Poets is seeking nominations for the 2013 Honourary Membership Award. Distinguished individuals, whether Canadian or non-Canadian, and whether residents or non-residents of Canada, are eligible for Honorary Membership. Honourary Membership is conferred as a mark of distinction and appreciation for special achievements and contributions to the art of poetry (non-members only and not necessarily a poet). Award recipients will be honoured at the annual LCP Poetry Festival and Conference in Toronto, June 2013. Nominations require a nominating letter describing the nominee’s contributions to the art of poetry, the candidate’s name, full contact information, and applicable biographical information. Please send nomination letter via email to readings@poets.ca.
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Date: January 1, 2013